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[Dysphagia] Drooling
- Subject: [Dysphagia] Drooling
- From: sem at new-vis.com (Suzanne Morris)
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 13:16:09 -0400
Equipment does not change oral motor patterns such as drooling. You
have to know, for example, why the individual is drooling (There are
a ton of different reasons). Then you have to know what treatment
strategies specifically address the problem and the changes you want
to make. Then you must have an idea of what type of equipment (if it
exists) could help you and your client reach your goals more
effectively or efficiently. Finally, you search to find the
equipment that meets your needs. Asking whether something like a
tongue scraper (or any other piece of equipment) would help drooling
is putting it all backwards. Somehow we've gotten the idea that our
treatment is the equipment. I can't tell you how many families I
have worked with who have the most complete collection of spoons,
cups, nipples etc. available and nothing "works". This simply
reflects the belief that the equipment will resolve the problem. A
piece of equipment is only valuable when it is appropriately targeted
as a partner in a treatment program that makes sense in addressing
the underlying components of the problem.
Suzanne
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Suzanne Evans Morris, Ph.D.
Speech-Language Pathologist
New Visions
1124 Roberts Mountain Rd.
Faber, VA 22938
(434) 361-2285 ext. 5
www.new-vis.com
On Sep 4, 2007, at 8:57 PM, melissa zilberstein wrote:
I looke dover the Ark products. Is it the tongue scraper that you are
referring to?
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